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gurus

NOUN
mentor, guide
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And behind the wheel is often a turbaned Sikh man, their cabs adorned with religious symbols, portraits of Sikh Gurus, or posters of Punjabi singers.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Gurus offended him, for life was ultimately an individual conundrum that had to be uniquely met.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Because, as journalist and author Rina Raphael explains in her new book, "The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care": "As Americans, we're strivers."

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022

However, the truth is, the sages and Gurus always used to say and still continue to propagate this theory that promotes putting carbon back into the soil.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

No Sikh contradicts his Regimental Chaplain who expounds to him the Holy Book of the Grunth Sahib and who knows the lives and legends of all the Gurus.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard



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